Sharp-suited gamblers and prim mission dolls will be treading the boards in a colourful musical.

New Youth Theatre is staging the Broadway classic Guys and Dolls at Mansfield’s Palace Theatre on March 24 and 25.

Set in Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City, the musical is populated by colourful characters such as Sky Masterson, the slick, high rolling gambler who woos Sarah Brown, an uptight, religious evangelist. nightclub performer Adelaide who has a chronic cold and her long-term fiance Nathan Detroit.